I learnt typing on the good-old typewriter.... Alas! it's nowhere to be seen now

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I was just thinking about improving my typing speed that I just flashed my mind as to how did I learn typing in the first place. I learnt it on the typewriter, the machine on which there's a inverted letter imprint on each spoke which hits a black ribbon whenever a key is pressed. This impression of the ink on the paper would type the letter. I had a manual one and had to hit the keys really hard so that proper ink would get deposited on the paper and make it visible. I had learnt typing all by myself, with the help of a typing tutor book, which my mother had used for learning to type. At first it was very tiresome and I always used to forget those keys and make mistakes a lot. I had nearly quit in just a week, but somehow kept on going and I very grateful that I didn't stop. I am reaping it's benefits now and have a good speed at typing. In this age of computers, the typewriter is nowhere to be seen, but it's been my tutor and I can't forget it at all. I miss the typewriter a lot. Any one of you'll having a similar experience to mine...